Usually means: Spiral structure, twisting along axis.
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We found 46 dictionaries that define the word helix:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. helix: Merriam-Webster
  2. helix: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. helix: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. helix: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Helix, helix: Vocabulary.com
  6. Helix, helix: Wordnik
  7. helix: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Helix: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. helix: Wiktionary
  10. helix: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. helix: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. helix: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. helix: Dictionary.com
  14. helix: Online Etymology Dictionary
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  16. Helix: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. helix: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Helix: Rhymezone
  19. Helix: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. helix: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. helix: FreeDictionary.org
  22. helix: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. helix: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. helix: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. helix: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. helix: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. helix: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. helix-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Helix: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Helix: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. helix: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. helix: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  6. Helix: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  7. helix: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. HELIX: Acronym Finder

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. helix: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
  2. Helix: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. helix: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Liquid Crystal (No longer online)

(Note: See helices as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.
noun:  (architecture) A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
noun:  (anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear.
noun:  An upside down midair 360° spin in playboating.
verb:  To form or cause to form a helix.

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